Shiny Boy Racer or Dull as Ditchwater?

[Balmoral Green]

The company car is coming up for change soon, and I am going to have yet another Skoda Fabia vRS. No need to focus on why? or what else I could have, due to various criteria, this is what I'm having.

But, I can't decide on which way to go with it, so I open it up to the PH floor.

Shiny: The 5dr hatch version, in Rallye Green, with a Black roof, just like this...



But it's trying too hard, it's just a Skoda Fabia, although I do like the Kermit colour scheme.

Or Dull: A plain Jane estate version in say White or Silver...



The appeal of this is stealth, 225bhp (if mapped ) in what looks like, quite frankly, a stty Fabia estate

[ZOLLAR]

I voted shiny that "kermit green" colour scheme is really nice!, there is nothing wrong with stealthy cars but that silver one is just boring.

[tossbag]

Silver one almost looks Korean in it's blandness, go for the mean lean green machine!

[dannytherev]

Shiny one for me

[Chris_VRS]

I've been looking at these myself in the last couple of weeks.

Estate in Race Blue...and ideally with the optional Gigaro black alloy wheels.

[MajorGav]

vRS for me. Good cars by all accounts. Lost some of the invention and individuality of the previous generation Fabia, but a solid little car. Gets my vote.

Have you considered the vRS estate though?

[Balmoral Green]

MajorGav said:

Have you considered the vRS estate though?

[miniman]

MajorGav said:

Have you considered the vRS estate though?

Have you looked at either the words or pictures in the original post?

[MajorGav]

Sorry - thought the alternative was a standard estate - not the vRS version.

I'll get my coat and move away silently!

I'd go for the hatch - not that my opinion will have any weight now!

Edited by MajorGav on Friday 2nd July 21:04

[David87]

I say the top one, but not in a manky colour. Shame the new vRS has lost the diesel engine, though. That was a quirk on the last one and I liked it because of it.

[vit4]

Holy st I like that green one!!

Although the sleeper appeal is immense

[soad]

Vote went for sleeper.

[Balmoral Green]

David87 said:

Shame the new vRS has lost the diesel engine

But on the plus side, it's now got a 180bhp 1.4TSI petrol, a 7 speed DSG and an LSD, and similar fuel consumption/lower emissions than the old TDI.

[skodamanpat]

Shame the DSG is std .............

[Cotty]

Can you not get the green on the estate version?

[m4tthew]

Prefer the shiny, but then I was thinking if you could get the estate in that green with dark roof and privacy glass it might actually look pretty tidy.

ETA - beaten to it!

Edited by m4tthew on Friday 2nd July 21:18

[MajorGav]

You see, this is more like it!

[MajorGav]

Tips the balance firmly in favour of the Estate for me.

[havoc]

MX-5?

[Balmoral Green]

Same colour range on both the hatch and the estate, but white/black roof options only available on the hatch.

So many really good body/roof/wheel colour combos are available, it's hard to choose.

Thanks for your input folks, I'm going to have to give this some more thought.

http://www.skoda.co.uk/pdf/brochure_fabia_vrs.pdf

Edited by Balmoral Green on Friday 2nd July 21:29